The Negatives – S/T 7″

How many The Negatives where there and still are? I don’t know. These lads where from Bradford and released this killer 7inch in 1979. 500 pressed. First 100 copies came with a handwritten A3 wrap around sleeve ala Good Vibrations style. Scum facts aside what makes this record a killer is the title track Stake Out! Totally proto-HC if you so will or just an upbeat magnificent punk rock tune that will get stuck in your head. Love is not Real ain’t bad it’s just that when you flip it over after Stake Out it sounds a bit lame. Wait an hour or two and then listen to Love… and I’m sure you’ll appreciate it a bit more. At least I do.

I know i should rave about “Stake Out”, but i like “Love Is Not Real” better. I gave it (“Stake Out”) many spins but it doesn’t really sticks. The chorus in “L.I.N.R.” is catchy beyond belief and the whole song really rocks!! Thanks for sharing, Pete. And remember: You’re not A punk rocker, you’re THE punk rocker. ;-)

I was a guest on a radio show a few months ago here in Minnesota and I had the pleasure of playing “Love Is Not Real” off my 7″ copy on the show, along with some VOM, Flipper, No Trend and the like. This has to be the best bradford punk single, without a doubt. My 7″ isn’t original, it’s a spanish repress from last year, which to my knowledge is official.

Hey Brandon. certainly is official. glad to hear that people are still digging what we did all those years back. still enjoy a listen myself every now and then…we were pleased to see it back out again on Paramecium, meant that a lot more people could own an ‘original’…Tino, drums.

Was looking for the lyrics to We’re from Bradford. Keep listening to it but few lines i cant make out. Obviously can get the chorus. Struggle onthe 3 and 4th line etc. If anyone can hell me out would
appreciate it
Cheers Gary Dunnington.